Important Innovations

  Big Discovery by MIT Engineers                                                                           Source:  MIT No Wires or Battery Needed MIT engineers have discovered a brand new way of generating electricity.  They're using tiny carbon particles that create an electric current by interacting with their liquid environment of an organic solvent.  The particles are made of crushed carbon nanotubes (blue in the image) coated with a teflon-like polymer (green). The MIT researchers say the current can power micro or nanoscale robots and can also be used to trigger chemical reactions.  Their process of generating electricity is completely new and innovative.  All that is necessary is to surround the carbon particles with the solvent.  It generates an electrical current with no wires needed. Pulling Energy From the Environment Electrical engineering experts are hailing this discovery as leading the way to a generic methodology that can be easily expanded to the use of different

  Big Discovery by MIT Engineers                                                                           Source:  MIT No Wires or Battery Needed MIT engineers have discovered a brand new way of generating electricity.  They're using tiny carbon particles that create an electric current by interacting with their liquid environment of an organic solvent.  The particles are made of crushed carbon nanotubes (blue in the image) coated with a teflon-like polymer (green). The MIT researchers say the current can power micro or nanoscale robots and can also be used to trigger chemical reactions.  Their process of generating electricity is completely new and innovative.  All that is necessary is to surround the carbon particles with the solvent.  It generates an electrical current with no wires needed. Pulling Energy From the Environment Electrical engineering experts are hailing this discovery as leading the way to a generic methodology that can be easily expanded to the use of different

Breakthrough Research on Flexible Electronics Source:  University of Houston New Discovery May Speed-Up Commercialization of Flexible Electronics Researchers at the University of Houston have created stretchable semiconductors and integrated electronics.  They discovered that carbon nanotubes improve and enhance the performance, speed and mobility of flexible electronics.  Their work may accelerate the commercialization of smart devices like implantable bioelectronics, human-machine interfaces, robotic skin and much more.  For a great news blog with more details, go to  Important Innovations Collection: Breakthrough in Flexible Electronics : Stretchable Semiconductors and Integrated Electronics Source:  University of  Houston New Research May Bring Flexible Electronics Cl...